FINANCE

CIPFA urges bosses to use OBCM rules

By Jamie Hailstone | 31 March 2015

Finance bosses have called on councils and other public sector organisations to use Open Book Con...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

EXCLUSIVE: Stand-off over counter-fraud strategy

By Dan Peters | 24 March 2015

A new counter-fraud strategy for councils has been delayed with the Department for Communities an...

BUSINESS

Councils' own firms in need of tax holiday

By Dan Peters | 24 March 2015

New council-owned trading companies should be given a three-year corporation tax holiday funded b...

FINANCE

That's not the way to do it

By Rob Whiteman | 23 March 2015

Last week’s Budget contained too much pre-election Punch and Judy knockabout and too little long-...

FINANCE

Welsh council tax to rise by 4%

By Dan Peters | 13 March 2015

Local authorities in Wales will have £100m more funding in 2015/16 than their counterparts in Eng...

WHITEHALL

LGA action on council financial 'watch list'

By Dan Peters | 10 March 2015

A watch list of councils financially at risk could be drawn up after watchdogs warned the Governm...

FINANCE

Finance nausea

By Peter Stuart | 10 March 2015

A local government landscape where so many reference points are moving and shifting at the behest...

FINANCE

COSLA hits back at criticism over council borrowing levels

By Dan Peters | 10 March 2015

The main body representing Scottish councils has defended local authorities’ record levels of deb...

FINANCE

London and the North bore brunt of budget cuts, IFS study shows

By Jonathan Werran | 05 March 2015

London boroughs and councils in the North East and North West experienced the largest per-head sp...

FINANCE

Pickles welcomes Cipfa's council tax survey

By Jonathan Werran | 05 March 2015

Average council tax bills across England are set to increase by a mere 1% in 2015, public finance...

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frederica-diamanta

Service Director – Transformation, Customer and ICT

From £100,011 - £106,691

Are you a transformational leader with a passion for driving strategic change and organisational efficiency? Apply for this job

West Berkshire Council

Chief Executive

£198k

Are you a visionary leader ready to shape the future of Tameside? Apply for this job

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council

Director of Governance (Monitoring Officer)

£88,185 plus competitive benefits

We’re looking for a unique and innovative leader Apply for this job

South Ribble Borough Council & Chorley Council